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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK \Y. FEWYINS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OLIVER ll. 1. GRLXDOX, OF SAME PLACE.

COMPOSITION FOR COLORING AND TINTING.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 443,361, dated December 23, 1890.

Application filed June 30,1890.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, FRANK \\'.1 E\\1.\s,of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful lm n'ovements in a 5 Composition for Coloring and Tinting, of

which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a composition for coloring and tinting to be used 10 in decorating, the ingredients of which, when combined as hereinafter described, can be applied to the walls, ceiling, or any other part of a house, and which composition can be given any desired tint by any suitable coloring-mat- 5 ter.

My composition consists of the following ingredients combined or mixed in the proportions stated, though they may be somewhat varied, it found desirable to do so, viz:

2o in or any other water-color mineral, five 25 other or umber. .lhese1figred1ents are to be thoroughly mingled by agitation.

By the use of the above-named composition a hard enamel can be applied to the wall, ceil- Serial No. 357,287. (No specimensing, or any other part of a house, and is especially applicable for interior decoration.

By suitable eoloring-n'iatter the composition can be given any hue ortint desired, and which can be applied in the well-known way by a brush or the like and with as many coats as may be desired.

This composition is not affected by water, grease, or the like, and, further, cannot be easilydisfigured, the properties of which forming a hard enamel of a glossy appearance, as heretofore stated.

\Vhen the ingredients are mixed, they form solely a washable water-color or caleimine, which when too thick can be thinned by water.

hat I claim is The herein-described composition of matter to be used for coloring and tinting, consisting of water, whiting or other watercolor mineral, soluble glass, boiled linseed-oil, and suitable coloriug-matter, in or about the proportions herein specified.

In testimony whe eof I ailix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK \Y. FEWINS.

Witnesses: I Jxo. t. IIIGDON,

JAMES RYAN. 

